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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to coverage by certain health benefit plans for certain |
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services prescribed to treat autism spectrum disorder. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1355.015(c), Insurance Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), "generally recognized |
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services" may include services such as: |
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(1) evaluation and assessment services; |
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(2) applied behavior analysis; |
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(3) behavior training and behavior management; |
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(4) speech therapy; |
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(5) occupational therapy; |
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(6) physical therapy; [or] |
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(7) medications or nutritional supplements used to |
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address symptoms of autism spectrum disorder; or |
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(8) recreational therapy. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1355.015, Insurance Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan that is delivered, |
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issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2016. A |
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health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed |
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before January 1, 2016, is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |